A Team Magma Grunt (Japanese: マグマだんのしたっぱTeam Magma Underling) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation III games. They are the peons of Team Magma. There are male and female versions, but they all dress in the recognizable red outfits associated with Team Magma.

In the anime

Team Magma grunts have made several appearances in the anime, using their Pokémon to infiltrate a target or to help Tabitha out. A group of Magma grunts made their first appearance in A Ruin with a View, where they tried to find ancient Pokémon in the ruins under Oldale Town. They used Professor Alden to guide them there, and after collecting data from the ruins, escaped in their helicopter. In A Three Team Scheme!, they dug into a special shrine underground on Dewford Island, searching for Groudon and the Cave of Origin.

Trivia

In the English-language dub of Gaining Groudon, Tabitha directly addresses one Magma grunt as Derek. This makes him one of the very few villainous team grunts in the franchise to have a confirmed name.